Galveston weighs plan to ban vehicles on beach

GALVESTON - A plan that would close some of Galveston Island's 32-mile beachfront to vehicular traffic has been sent to the City Council for consideration.

The draft plan was approved Tuesday by the city's Planning Commission.

A number of fishermen and other beachgoers have opposed the plan, mostly because it would cut off vehicular access to parts of the island's far west end as housing and resort development there expands.

Almost 100 people signed up to express their opinions to an over-capacity crowd at City Hall, with many comments pertaining to the gradual closing of parts of the San Luis Pass area to vehicular traffic as development increases.

Randy Davis, a representative of the Recreational Fishing Alliance, called the plan unfair and said it would be contested in court if necessary.